Stono Rebellion

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The Stono Rebellion was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant acts of resistance by enslaved Africans in British North America.

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Generate an image of the Stono Rebellion (The Stono Rebellion was a major 1739 slave uprising in colonial South Carolina that became one of the largest and most significant acts of resistance by enslaved Africans in British North America.)

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Label Occurrences
Stono Rebellion canonical 14
Stono Rebellion of 1739 1
Stono Uprising 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
slave rebellion ⓘ
uprising ⓘ
alternativeName Cato’s Conspiracy ⓘ
Cato’s Rebellion ⓘ
linked to: Cato’s Conspiracy
cause brutal conditions of slavery in colonial South Carolina ⓘ
desire for freedom among enslaved Africans ⓘ
tensions created by the Spanish offer of freedom to escaped British slaves in Spanish Florida ⓘ
colony Province of South Carolina ⓘ
consequence South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 ⓘ
increased regulation of slave movement ⓘ
restrictions on slave assembly ⓘ
restrictions on slave education ⓘ
country British North America ⓘ
linked to: British America
date 1739 ⓘ
goal escape to Spanish Florida ⓘ
freedom from slavery ⓘ
historicalContext occurred in a rice plantation economy ⓘ
took place during the War of Jenkins’ Ear ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroups Kongo-speaking Africans ⓘ
enslaved Africans from Central Africa ⓘ
leader Cato ⓘ
Jemmy ⓘ
legacy influenced later slave resistance in North America ⓘ
used as evidence of the dangers of slavery by later abolitionists ⓘ
location South Carolina ⓘ
Stono River ⓘ
numberOfDeaths around 40 enslaved rebels killed during suppression ⓘ
at least 20 white colonists ⓘ
numberOfParticipants approximately 20 initial rebels ⓘ
over 60 enslaved people at its height ⓘ
opponent South Carolina colonial authorities ⓘ
South Carolina militia ⓘ
participants enslaved Africans ⓘ
white colonial militia ⓘ
partOf Atlantic slave resistance ⓘ
history of slavery in the United States ⓘ
relatedTo Negro Act of 1740 ⓘ
history of South Carolina plantations ⓘ
slave codes in the American colonies ⓘ
result defeat of the rebels by colonial militia ⓘ
execution of many rebel slaves ⓘ
tightening of slave codes in South Carolina ⓘ
significance major act of resistance by enslaved Africans in British North America ⓘ
one of the largest slave uprisings in the British mainland colonies ⓘ
startDate 1739-09-09 ⓘ
studiedIn African American history ⓘ
Atlantic world history ⓘ
colonial American history ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colonial America → majorConflict → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
South Carolina militia → significantEvent → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
South Carolina militia → conflict → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Jemmy → participantIn → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Cato → leaderOf → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Cato’s Conspiracy → alsoKnownAs → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Cato’s Conspiracy → alsoKnownAs → Stono Uprising ⓘ
linked to: Stono Rebellion
South Carolina Negro Act of 1740 → follows → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
History of Charleston, South Carolina → involvedInEvent → Stono Rebellion of 1739 ⓘ
linked to: Stono Rebellion
Stono River → historicallyNotableFor → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Stono River → siteOf → Stono Rebellion ⓘ
Nat Turner’s Rebellion → relatedTo → Stono Rebellion ⓘ